Vitamin D, in general, is a secosteroid generated in the skin when 7-dehydrocholesterol located there interacts with ultraviolet irradiation - like that commonly found in sunlight . Both the endogenous form of vitamin D (that results from 7-dehydrocholesterol transformation), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), and the plant-derived form, vitamin D2 (ergocalcifero...
Cholecalciferol use is indicated for the treatment of specific medical conditions like refractory rickets (or vitamin D resistant rickets), hypoparathyroidism, and familial hypophosphatemia .
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University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Charles Drew University, Los Angeles, California, United States
Columbia University, New York, New York, United States
Medical Research Unit, Medical Department M, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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